Hey, these photos are great! Off the bat I realized that this set was going to be rich because of the intricate and intimate relationship between the purple and the orange in the first pic, and the green in the follow up sold me. All of these have solid compositions and good subjects. I do some photography myself, and so it's just very apparent to me that these are respectable and quality photographs. Everyone of them had their own strengths, like the composition of 14 is perfect, and the blade in 4 is really interesting. Each piece here could be talked about, and deserves to be.
But that's why I want to talk about how you introduced these photos. First off, kudos for putting text at all. That's a great practice and it was refreshing to see something it that obviously had thought put into it. All I have to say is you should stop being defensive. These photos are great. You don't need to tell me that "although they're subtle, there was a lot of work put into them". It's obvious these are photos that love and passion were poured into. I don't care if you say they took effort, I can see that from the photos. What I want to know is how a particular shot made you feel, how if the urban decay makes you reflect on the typical circumstances of modern day living, or if crumbling infrastructure you think is poetic as a symbol for something larger, or if it means enough on its own.
More "while the series is not only about urban decay, I find this to be a central theme and within this theme there is a type of weathered beauty that deeply intrigues me," less "don't let their simplicity fool you, this represents quite a large amount of effort."
But all in all, top notch post! You wrote well and supplied interesting photos. My favorite was probably the first picture, those colours are fantastic. Thanks for the gallery :)